GROVERMCLEOD

MCLEOD, GROVER Grover S. "Sam" McLeod born June 15, 1923 and passed on August 17, 2012. Funeral Arrangements are at Elmwood Chapel on Friday, August 24, 2012. Visitation is from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, and services will begin at 3:00 PM. He attended Birmingham Southern College, University of Western Australia School of Law, and the University Of Alabama School Of Law. He practiced law for fifty years and was board certified as a civil trial lawyer. He taught law for ten years at Birmingham School of Law. He has written the following books on Alabama law: Civil Actions of Law in Alabama, Third Edition; Equitable Remedies and Extraordinary Writs, Second Edition, with pocket parts; Trial Practice and Procedure, Second Edition, with pocket parts; and Worker's Compensation in Alabama. He has written the following books on various subjects: Drake, Captain of the South Seas; The Trials of FAT, Criminal Lawyer; the Sultan's Gold; and the Legal Circus. At the time of his death, he had completed the following manuscripts that were ready to print: The Cryptic Message; The Siege; The Third Seed; The Split; The Rim Case; The Flawed Divorce; Daisy's Will Contest; The Muckers ; Charlie's Revenge; The Deceptive Doge; Escape to Mexico; the Steel Plow; Edmond's Return; The Antipode; Courtmartial of a Hero; Mr. Clerk; Hawks on the River; Don Juan of Austria and the Battle of the Le Panto; My Aussie Bride; Flying the World; The Fourth Dimension; and Murder Out! He had just begun work on his depiction of the fall of the Romanovs. He married Esme Hope Stewart, an Australian, shortly after the end of World War II, who predeceased him. They had four children: Susan McCullough (Don), Joy Dorn (Phil), Peggy Honeycutt (Rick) and Malcolm McLeod (Jul). He and Esme had twelve grandchildren: Eric Caldwell (Ashley), Brandon Caldwell, Mason McCullough, Ran Dorn, Betsy Dorn, Stewart Dorn, Heather Hurt (John), Andrew Honeycutt (Kristen), Peter Honeycutt, Catherine Honeycutt, Brooke McLeod, and Witt McLeod. They had four great grandchildren: Charlie Caldwell, Jack Henry Caldwell, William Hurt, and Evan Hurt. He was also active in business-in mortgage banking, property ownership; and he owned and operated numerous businesses. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy in submarines, as a torpedo man; and he made numerous war patrols in enemy waters with the U.S.S. Finback, U.S.S. Halibut, and the U.S.S. Hawkbill, sinking many enemy ship and engaging in numerous kindred activities. Following the war, he was active in the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II. He was a past president. He also assisted in the commissioning of the U.S.S. Drum and the U.S.S. Alabama. He has had a marvelous friendship with Helen Brickman, which he cherished. He was a strong believer in evolution, and one of his great prides was in having collected a large private library. >